Country just last month desperately in need of water. The searing temperatures calm as a new study warns that the earth could be entering a period in which its ecosystems are irreversibly disrupted. Its been more than fifty years since the state of New South Wales in australia has seen a drought like this farmers Pray For Rain as their crops and livestock die some are forced to shoot starving cattle well others face the prospect of having to simply abandon their land. On the other side of the world a similar story the french of those mountains are simply too dry about half of this Farmers Corn Crop has already died in the us record temperatures are fueling the worst wildfire in california history the twin blazes dubbed the mendo sea no complex have exploded to cover an area the size of los angeles in less than two
weeks. Scenes like this are likely to become the new normal according to an International Research teams latest study they call the trend hot house earth i said. Its when the climate is much warmer than it is today three to four degrees than it already is four to five degrees warmer than in the preindustrial climate. International Climate Targets aim to limit the earths warming to two degrees celsius but scientists now think even that is too high setting in Motion Processes which could create a Domino Effect such as Glacial Melting Researchers argue that without putting in place specific human made Climate Protections the seas could rise but up to sixty metres so how to curb Greenhouse Gas emissions Scientists Say we need to cut Industrial Carbon Travel Less by plane and car and eat less meat they say already
the earth is on the brink of irreversible warming with severe effects like those in australia the government there has announced a multimillion dollar Relief Package for farmers but with dry conditions forecast to continue that may not be enough. Yes Severe Weather around the world to talk about that im joined now by lutes by sure he is a Climate Policy analyst with the environment and development in geo german watch which is good to have you on the show you know people around the world are asking if Droughts Wildfires heat waves are all of these connected in some way and are they all connected by Climate Change its hard to say for an individual extreme weather event and its connected to another individual event its also hard to say if an individual event this was caused by Climate Change but what they all do have in common whats true for droughts whats true for extreme rain and whats true for the intensity of hurricanes all of thats becoming more likely so the connection
here is that manmade Climate Change the Global Climate crisis is making these events happening more often and often also in a more extreme way what about this new Study Warning of a hot hells earth now i was reading the paper today and this is Climate Change but its like its the end of the real scary version of Climate Change isnt it yes what this scientists look at is what happens if we dont manage to stop Global Warming at one point we get to Tipping Points its like in a domino game you have a Domino Effect you tip over certain changes in the earth system and then Global Warming just reinforces itself and gets warmer and warmer and its hard to stop it and it could lead up to five degrees of Global Warming it could lead up to ten meters of Sea Level Rise up to sixty meters if you look over several centuries and those would be absolutely catastrophic effects even much worse than what were experiencing now but climate scientists are not saying that we have reached
a Tipping Point now theyre saying that there is still time to reduce c o two emissions and keep the temperature increase below two degrees celsius is that correct thats correct theyre saying but reidy dangerously close to those first Tipping Points in one. If you tip over the first domino you can get you know a spiraling effect and they say that first Tipping Point is between one and two degrees somewhere so we have to reduce emissions now to make sure we avoid this in the paris Climate Remit is it enough considering what were hearing now about hot hells earth the pairs Climate Agreement says limit Global Warming well below two degrees and aim for one point five one point five would probably avoid the tipping over these dominoes the problem is not the goal of the Paris Agreement the problem is governments are not doing enough to implement it so youre saying if the if everything that we see in the paris climate if it were to be abided by and its here to then we wouldnt have to worry about hot hells earth then we they we could
avoid catastrophic loss or was he would be able to say that with certainty. Ok so thats the long term in the short term what can people do i mean if youre saying state actors should do more and keep their word but what about nonstate actors and just what people in general what can they do you can use energy more more efficiently you can save energy you can. Use more efficient appliances you can avoid taking a car or taking a plane all of that helps but at the end of the day were all citizens in a democratic system and we have to demand that our political Decision Makers take action because it requires some political decisions to reduce emissions its very true look its Climate Policy analyst with the german watch here in berlin look its good to have you its really appreciate your insights and i thank you thanks. Well lawmakers in argentina are currently discussing a controversial bill to make abortion legal the debate comes ahead of
mean that yes impose itself so it could happen here too in argentina women are struggling for struggling for decades for their rights of illegal abortion what does this tell us then about Womens Rights in the country right now well i mean argentina is a record of ferdie progressive sexual sexual morality or sexual politics. Track record i mean including gay marriage in including things like selective Gender Assignment and so on and so forth this particular case its one that doesnt quite cleanly across the lines or through the lines that usually we have Debates Motive Origins which is a woman We Discern Set of rights and then a disposable former but serial some sort of which the questions that she. Have the right dispose of its very much across the board not only on the right but also on the left idea that its really about the competition between two different sets of
rights the fetus for the baby and the woman the issue here is that abortions are happening and what hes trying to use to side whether how we said that theyre going to deal with the reality that hes already taking place. In poll numbers or do we know what the people think is there a Majority Backing Legalization we have a fairly uniquely country i mean also because the country itself is actually divided geographically into some very conservative areas and very progressive arias so when the site is with actually voted or moving a very different direction and. Nonetheless i mean the problems also that it is in those states which are further away from the center where most of the cases and the lack of State Infrastructure makes this case more and more severe. Time and of course theres the factor of you know the pope being from argentina as well our ethics and religion correspondent martin jack as always mark thank you very much. Heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world bill russo authorities have arrested several journalists including Dortch Avella Correspondent how the you can be called ski his apartment in minsk was also searched the reason for his arrest has not been officially confirmed to critics say the move is part of a crackdown on independent media has launched a protest with a bill of ambassador in berlin and demanded his Immediate Release the democratic republic of congos longstanding president Joseph Kabila will not run in the upcoming election thats according to a government spokesman the announcement ends months of speculation to be the second term officially ended in Two Thousand And Sixteen but he had refused to step down now he has chosen former Interior Minister in mind well the money shot out to represent the ruling m. P. Coalition in the vote. As tensions grow in zimbabwe after last weeks disputed president ial Election Police today briefly arrested
a senior Opposition Leader as he tried to cross into Neighboring Zambia a former Finance Minister tendai biti a leading member of the opposition m. D. C. Has since been released and is imported to be urgently seeking asylum in zambia the m. D. C. Has announced that it will formally challenge the results of the election which is which it narrowly lost to the rulings and p. F. Party the result protests that were met with deadly Military Force concerns are now growing of a government crackdown. Or more of this now we will go to our correspondent through college was fun he joins us from Harare Privileges Good to see you what is the opposition hoping to achieve by challenging the Election Results in court. They are seeking the nullification of the. Election results that we announced last week early on in the day their legal team address the News Conference saying that the ad ready to file papers and they have good overwhelming evidence that they are saying that its enough to nullify the. It results that we announced last week what they are praying for the courts is that the courts would entertain them and nullify their results that we announced last week and this could have also a bearing. You know gratian which is planned for sunday and. More what do we know about this former Finance Minister tendai biti. A leading member of the m. D. C. It was briefly arrested today do we know why and why is he trying to leave the country he is
the police are interested in. Beattie because they allege that he broke with their law by announcing that. Theyre leading president ial candidate for the opposition had won the elections before they will feel results we are nons by day Zimbabwe Electoral Commission so today earlier on it was say that he was. Arrested in the process will file crossing the border from the book brought up between zimbabwe and zambia where he was trying to seek asylum but to wit that we hear is that he has been denied asylum and that. Hes being kept in zambia in preparation probably for the zimbabwe or thirtys to deport him back into the country and privilege very briefly are you expecting a peaceful inauguration to take place. You know the recession could come on sunday if only the a challenge that is being mounted by the opposition is not successful but i think plans are already there because the foreign min ministry we saw the day before yesterday they already issued out a letter to embassies in that were inviting them to be part of the you know gratian all right Correspondent Privilege on here your reporting tonight from. Privilege thank you very much. Chief executive ilan musk wants to take the electric come a can privately test such as such by eleven percent on the news before trading was hold it for more than an hour on tuesday and wednesday the Board Of Directors said its going to evaluate the plan. If musk can succeed in taking
tesla private it would be the largest Leverage Buyout in history. Musk tweeted on tuesday that he was considering taking tesla private at Four Hundred Twenty dollars a share saying that hed secured funding a deal at that price would represent a price tag of about Seventy Two Billion Dollars he didnt say where the funding was coming from shortly after his tweet musk published a letter to tesla employees on the companys blog where he said that going private would be the best path forward and would allow tesla to operate at its best free from distraction and short term thinking going private would also be one way to avoid close scrutiny by the Public Market musk has feuded publicly with regulators critics short sellers and reporters some analysts believe he would prefer to have less transparency the company is still trying to overcome Production Challenges which have held up its new model three sedan on which teslas profitability rests
that hasnt stopped musk from announcing Major Projects like multibillion Dollar Facilities in china and europe analysts have expressed skepticism at those plans must statements about taking the Company Private are facing similar doubts but if followed through this could be a make or break moment for the Silicon Valley company as competition from european automakers is poised to intensify with new electric vehicles from our d. And jag you are with more rivals to follow suit next year. The New York Times described him as arguably the most successful and important entrepreneur in the world became c. E. O. Of tesla motors in the aftermath of the two thousand a Global Financial crisis in an interview in Two Thousand And Eleven he said he hopes to send humans to mars within ten to twenty years but who is it on musk and what does he really want. Why some have called him the architect of tomorrow others
say hes a con man but either way elon musk is a highly intelligent driven individual and the South African born under par new has achieved things many can only dream about in One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Four he founded his First Company at the age of twenty four by the time he was thirty have become one of the cofounders of pay pal but mosque is better known for his other headline grabbing Projects Tesla space x. And hyperloop with tesla musk is revolutionizing the Car Industry By Building Electric Cars a business for which he has come under pressure the company has spent more than Ten Billion Dollars without ever making a profit but that hasnt stopped musk he wants to change Long Distance trouble with hyperloop b. Idea is to send an electromagnetic Lee Levitated vehicle through a long Pressure Tube over thousands of miles. Lift off his space x. Project is aimed at sending the first people to mars it seems that not even the
stars can limit elon musk thirty seconds away from. China has fired back against new u. S. Trade tabs its announced additional Import Duties of twenty five percent on Sixteen Billion dollars worth of u. S. Goods you know one came just hours after washington said it was imposing you tariffs on chinese Products Worth exactly the same amount the chinese tariffs will apply to u. S. Products such as Fuel Motorcycles and medical equipment while the u. S. Said it was talking Industrial Products like metals chemicals and electronics the Trumpet Ministration already slapped new tariffs on chinese imports last month but chinas Foreign Trade has so far shrugged off the dispute exports showed Surprising Growth in july at moving twelve percent compared to the same period last year. Saudi arabias government is not known for tolerating criticism that the current spat between the oil rich kingdom and canada is escalating into
a full blown diplomatic crisis riyadh as canceled its medical treatment programs in canada and will transfer saudi patients to other countries now Media Reports say the saudi government will also relocate Fifteen Thousand saudi students from canada the conflict a rose after a tweet issued by canadas Foreign Minister criticizing the arrests of Human Rights Activists in saudi arabia. For germany has wrapped up a deal that will send migrants who had been registered initially by spanish authorities back to spain spain has become the main entry point for refugees crossing the mediterranean the u. N. Says more than Twenty Three Thousand migrants have entered spain so far this year many more than italy or greece to deal with spain the German Authorities starting on saturday to reject those refugees who have already been registered as Asylum Seekers in spain german chancellor Angela Merkel she wants to reach similar
agreements with Austria Italy and greece. Are you to the European Athletics Championships underway in berlin on thursday germany you put its hopes in Discus Thrower Veto now hers is a Story Of Fighting Against The Odds she was born shortly after her parents arrived here in germany from angola seeking asylum now after a successful Junior Career is ready to prove that she is you are best. Claudine v. T. Has medals in her sights shes already thrown her personal best this year sixty five point one five meters and now she heads into the qualifying round of the European Championships in berlin ranks second this is her moment. But i was in the stands at the Two Thousand And Nine World Championships in berlin as a fan now i can hardly wait to experience it all down on the field as an athlete and it. Reads it was born in One Thousand Nine Hundred Six in frankfurt near the polish
border have parents fled there from angola and spent many years in a home for Asylum Seekers they werent easy times for the family but sports helped claudine to find her way in life and overcome plenty of obstacles including racial discrimination. It doesnt matter what skin color you have as long as you stay true to your roots and your country so im so happy that i can represent jam he championships. Claudine beats it was already a force to be reckoned with youth level she grabbed gold at the under twenty and junior European Championships and thats despite her rivals towering over one meter seventy nine peter is a good ten centimeters shorter than the competition in the discus circle. I may be smaller than the others but i have very long arms which gives me
a wider radius when i throw. My belief the smaller you are the more nimble you are in the circle. And her coach us could combine those former olympic gold medal winner in shot put make the perfect duo ahead of the competition theyre using every opportunity to make minor improvements maybe thatll be enough to help claudine v to bring home a European Championship medal. Youre watching the news after short break ill be back to take you through the day. So
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